March 2024 Monthly Meeting with Dennis Miles

Dennis Miles was named Regional Managing Director of the Southeast Region
with Department of Children and Families (DCF)  on December 29, 2011.  The
Southeast Region, which encompasses South Florida and the Treasure Coast, covers
Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties.
Mr. Miles has been called on to lead several statewide projects through the years
and has stepped in to lead both the Northeast and Suncoast Regions through recent
challenges.More recently Mr. Miles has assumed the role of Community Director
for both the Southeast and Southern Regions.  The Southern Region covers Miami-
Dade and Monroe counties.

Mr. Miles joined the Department in 2003 as a child protective investigator and
worked his way up as a supervisor, program administrator, director of support
services and director of family and community services prior to being appointed
as the Regional Managing Director.  Previously, Mr. Miles was a career officer
in the U. S. Marine Corps and served as a  Company Commander in the 3rd
Assault Amphibious Battalion. Before coming to the Department, he also worked
at the Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Office and in the financial services industry.

A long-time basketball coach in Palm Beach, Miles was the head coach of the
Cardinal Newman High School girls’ basketball team for 10 seasons and was
named Palm Beach County Coach of the Year in 2015 and Conference Coach
of the Year in 2016. Miles led the girls’ basketball team to the district champion-
ship game in 8 of his 10 seasons and won multiple district championships
as well as their first regional championship in school history in 2015.

A proud Gator, Miles earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the
University of Florida in 1985.

As a partner with the CBC Alliance, Dennis has been a strong supporter of HHH.

Please plan to join us to hear his perspective on the future of our dependency system.